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Female fans normally know more facts about what’s going on than men do anyway. I’d say they’re a more intelligent fan on top of that. They normally know more about what we’ve done than we know about what we’ve done. --- Tony Stewart

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There are female fans who take apart engines and will take you apart if you have a problem with that; who are drawn to the danger and mystery of the sport; who watch races on TV to witness pure passion and unscripted emotion; who love the camaraderie of these family-friendly festivals; who feel the nervous anxiety of the lip-biting wives atop the pit boxes. --- Andrew Giangola “The Weekend Starts on Wednesday”

In Memory

In memory of our friend and colleague Amy Branch

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

When he was coming up through the driving ranks, Greg
Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ford Fusion for Roush-Fenway Racing, had a
big-time fan in popular driver and broadcaster Benny Parson. Find out more
about Biffle in this edition of Fast Facts, originally published in March 2012.

Gregory Jack Biffle was born Dec. 23, 1969 in Camas,
Washington. He began his racing career on the short tracks of the Pacific
Northwest and gained attention during the ESPN Winter Heat Series’ 1995-96
season. Biffle dominated the season, won the championship and gained a fan in
Parsons, who recommended Biffle as a driver to Jack Roush.

Biffle raced in the Winston West Series and Busch Series
(now Xfinity Series) in 1996, and in the NASCAR Northwest Series in 1997; he
was named Most Popular Driver in the Northwest Series. In 1998, he raced full-time
in the Craftsman (now Camping World) Truck Series for Roush Racing, winning
four poles and the Rookie of the Year title, following that up with nine wins
and a second-place finish in points in 1999. In 2000, Biffle was crowned Truck
Series champ after winning five times.

Biffle moved up to the Busch Series full-time in 2001,
winning the Rookie of the Year title, then the championship in 2002. He moved
up to the Cup Series in 2003, winning at Daytona in July and finishing second
to Jamie McMurray for Rookie of the Year. In 2005, Biffle won five
races and finished second in points to Tony Stewart. Biffle tied in points with
teammate Carl Edwards, but took the second spot based on a tie-breaker: race
wins.

In his career to date, Biffle has won 19 Cup Series races,
20 Xfinity Series races and 16 Truck Series races.

Biffle married the former Nicole Lunders on Oct. 17, 2007;
they have one daughter, Emma Elizabeth, born July 6, 2011. The couple manages
the Greg Biffle Foundation, which serves to improve the well-being of animals. The foundation donates to local humane societies, no-kill shelters, spay and
neuter clinics and the Animal Adoption League.